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The Wisconsin-Florida State game turned out...poorly for the Badgers.

The Journal-Sentinel headline captures the feeling pretty well.

Merciless conclusion
Another crushing defeat ends forgettable season

Pffft!

So this is how the University of Wisconsin's third season under Bret Bielema ended Saturday in the Champs Sports Bowl.

With a whimper.

With an offense incapable of scoring touchdowns when it mattered and culpable for two touchdowns on fumble returns.

With a defense that sagged and allowed a 16-play, 85-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter with the outcome still in doubt.

With an ugly 42-13 loss to a solid but unspectacular Florida State team, a defeat that will do nothing to silence the growing number of UW fans murmuring that Bielema is in over his head and dragging the UW program into the ground.

On a positive note, my Tonbridge Angels defeated Hastings 1-0 on the road yesterday and are settling into a playoff spot in the Ryman Premier League.

On a bitterly cold day at the south coast Tonbridge beat Hastings by a solitary Lewis Hamilton goal 3 minutes before the break.

Picture from Angels Online.

The Packers play the Lions today at Lambeau...Lions 0-15...Packers have lost five straight...Moving on...

I'm a bit hesitant to put up this item, because the last time I mentioned a basketball team at #1 they lost their next game. But, what the heck...

For the first time in more than nine years, the Team of the '90s is back on top.

UW-Platteville, which won the Division III national championship in 1991, 1995, 1998 and 1999, received 13 No. 1 votes and stands atop the latest D3hoops.com Top 25. Former No. 1 and defending national champion Wash U. lost at No. 10 Elmhurst on Saturday and slipped three spots to No. 4.

The Pioneers were last in the top spot in the poll taken through games of Dec. 12, 1999.

Hey! According to this schedule, the Pioneers are playing in a tournament hosted by St. Norbert tomorrow and Tuesday. My alma mater plays Carthage tomorrow at 5:00pm.

Other WIAC schools in the Top 25 are UW-Stevens Point at #5 and UW-Whitewater at #6.

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